TY  - GEN
T1  - From snake pits to cash cows : politics and public institutions in New York
T2  - Book collections on Project MUSE.
A1  - Castellani, Paul J., 1942-
LA  - English
PP  - Albany, NY
PB  - State University of New York Press
YR  - 2005
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm62750477
AB  - "Public institutions for people with developmental disabilities continue to operate within New York State, although their very existence has been condemned, and public policies directed their complete closure by the year 2000. From Snake Pits to Cash Cows investigates why these institutions persevere despite virtually universal predictions of their demise. Paul J. Castellani's provocative account spans the years 1935 to 2000, describing decades of conflict and confusion about the role of public institutions. This book demonstrates how and why a convergence of operational, fiscal, and political crises in the mid-1970s resulted in a series of agreements among adversaries that radically changed the political landscape, and reversed the plan to close all public institutions. He also shows why New York's experience has implications and lessons for the study of public policy in the area of developmental disabilities services and for understanding Medicaid policymaking, intergovernmental finance, and human services administration."--Jacket.
OP  - 302
CN  - HV3006.N69 C37 2005eb
SN  - 1423744128
SN  - 9781423744122
SN  - 9780791483312
SN  - 0791483312
SN  - 0791464407
SN  - 9780791464403
SN  - 0791464393
SN  - 9780791464397
KW  - People with mental disabilities : Institutional care : New York (State) : History.
KW  - Developmentally disabled : Institutional care : New York (State) : History.
KW  - State hospitals : New York (State) : History.
KW  - Politics, Practical.
KW  - Politics
KW  - State Health Plans : economics
KW  - Institutionalization : economics
KW  - Hospitals, Psychiatric : history
KW  - Persons with Intellectual Disabilities : history.
KW  - New York
KW  - Hôpitaux publics : New York (État) : Histoire.
KW  - Politique.
KW  - politics.
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY : Mental Health.
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY : Mental Illness.
KW  - MEDICAL : Mental Health.
KW  - Politics, Practical
KW  - Developmentally disabled : Institutional care
KW  - People with mental disabilities : Institutional care
KW  - State hospitals
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - History
ER  -